VWU delegation attends 2015 Korea International Women's Invention Exposition (KIWIE 2015)

VWU 1st Vice President Hoang Thi Ai Nhien with the honorary guests and special award winners

With the message "Women Inventors’ Network for Creative Business" and the theme "Global improvement through ideas; Driving force of startup", the Forum and Exhibition attracted approximately 250 participants from 25 countries, mostly from Asia, the rest from Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. At the Forum, speakers from Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Iceland, Korea and Thailand shared information and experiences o­n the importance of intellectual property policies in fostering an innovation ecosystem for startup companies; using and managing IP as an effective tool for business success.

Attending this Exhibition, the Vietnam delegation had 2 booths including o­ne of the Vietnam Women’s Union and o­ne of the Vietnam Fund for Supporting Technological Creations (VIFOTEC). Out of the exhibited Vietnamese innovative products 2 products won gold award, which are household-solid waste incinerator bd-alpha of MA. Dam Thi Lan - Lecturer o­n Energy and Environment, University of Civil Engineering and Director of Duc Minh o­ne-member Co., Ltd. andHamomax – a health functional food of Associate Professor. Dr. Nguyen Hoang together with specialist and researcher team of Hanoi University of Pharmacy, distributed by Tan Bach Tung Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd; and 1 product won silver award which is "Application of advanced materials in manufacturing ozone generators for community health protection" belonging to Ms. Tran Thi Lan Huong - General Director of HCT High Technology Investment and Application JSC.

On this occasion, the delegation also met with the President of Vietnam Women's Association in Korea to have updates o­n the activities of the Association and discuss future collaboration, especially in relation to Vietnamese women getting married to Korean men.